Bianor

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Bianor may refer to:

1. In Greek mythology, Bianor was a son of Heracles, one of the Heracleidae. He founded Mantua.

2. Bianor of Bithynia is the author of twenty-two epigrams in the Greek Anthology [1]. One of them is on the destruction of Sardis by an earthquake in A.D. 17. Bianor lived during the period when Greece was under Rome, from the establishment of the Empire to the decay of art and letters after the death of Marcus Aurelius, B.C. 30-A.D. 180.

3. In 4th century the martyrdom of Saints Bianor and Sylvanus inspired a Greek legend, but their extant acta are uncertain. They were beheaded in Pisidia, Asia Minor (Benedictines).

4. A genus of spider, Bianor (spider).

5. A butterfly: Papilio bianor, by Cramer in 1777. Found in S.China, NE.Burma, Shan States, N.Laos, N.Vietnam; Sakhalin; Kurile Islands; S.Ussuri; Taiwan.

6. A software professional services company Bianor, [2].